diff --git a/plugins/input/ogr/build.py b/plugins/input/ogr/build.py
index d4d5302af..ec3190a98 100644
--- a/plugins/input/ogr/build.py
+++ b/plugins/input/ogr/build.py
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ if env['RUNTIME_LINK'] == 'static':
     plugin_env.ParseConfig(cmd)
     plugin_env['LIBS'].append('proj')
 
+if env.get('BOOST_LIB_VERSION_FROM_HEADER'):
+    boost_version_from_header = int(env['BOOST_LIB_VERSION_FROM_HEADER'].split('_')[1])
+    if boost_version_from_header < 46:
+        # avoid ubuntu issue with boost interprocess:
+        # https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/1082
+        plugin_env.Append(CXXFLAGS = '-fpermissive')
+
 input_plugin = plugin_env.SharedLibrary('../ogr', source=ogr_src, SHLIBPREFIX='', SHLIBSUFFIX='.input', LINKFLAGS=env['CUSTOM_LDFLAGS'])
 
 # if the plugin links to libmapnik ensure it is built first
diff --git a/plugins/input/shape/build.py b/plugins/input/shape/build.py
index 5501bddf7..e349c9c05 100644
--- a/plugins/input/shape/build.py
+++ b/plugins/input/shape/build.py
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ libraries.append('boost_filesystem%s' % env['BOOST_APPEND'])
 if env['SHAPE_MEMORY_MAPPED_FILE']:
     plugin_env.Append(CXXFLAGS = '-DSHAPE_MEMORY_MAPPED_FILE')
 
+if env.get('BOOST_LIB_VERSION_FROM_HEADER'):
+    boost_version_from_header = int(env['BOOST_LIB_VERSION_FROM_HEADER'].split('_')[1])
+    if boost_version_from_header < 46:
+        # avoid ubuntu issue with boost interprocess:
+        # https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/1082
+        plugin_env.Append(CXXFLAGS = '-fpermissive')
+
 input_plugin = plugin_env.SharedLibrary('../shape', SHLIBSUFFIX='.input', source=shape_src, SHLIBPREFIX='', LIBS = libraries, LINKFLAGS=env['CUSTOM_LDFLAGS'])
 
 # if the plugin links to libmapnik ensure it is built first